Long-Term Social Impact of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Natural Resource-Dependent Communities in Prince William Sound

埃克森·瓦尔迪兹漏油事件对威廉王子湾依赖自然资源的社区的长期社会影响

• 批准号: 9101093
• 负责人: J. Steven Picou
• 金额: $ 18.85万
• 依托单位: University of South Alabama
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-03-15 至 1994-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9101093&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Long; Term; Social; Impact; Exxon

This project evaluates the long-term social impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on natural-resource reliant communities in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The effects of technological disasters on communities are reflected by changes in perceptions, actions and choices which can lead to long-term social changes. These effects are termed "secondary disasters" and are rarely studied. This project, unlike the bulk of previous research relating to the oil spill, will focus on the Native and non-Native communities in the region. The study is highly relevant to the well-being of local people and of considerable scientific interest and importance, both inside and outside of the Arctic. The impact of industrial disasters is, nevertheless, greatly magnified in Arctic and Subarctic regions because of the sensitivity of the environment and the vulnerability of small natural resource-dependent communities.

该项目评估埃克森-瓦尔迪兹石油泄漏对阿拉斯加威廉王子湾依赖自然资源的社区的长期社会影响。技术灾难对社区的影响反映在观念、行动和选择的变化上，这可能导致长期的社会变化。这些影响被称为“次生灾害”，很少有人研究。该项目不同于之前与漏油事件有关的大部分研究，将重点放在该地区的土著和非土著社区。这项研究与当地人民的福祉高度相关，在北极内外都具有相当大的科学兴趣和重要性。然而，由于环境的敏感性和依赖自然资源的小型社区的脆弱性，工业灾害的影响在北极和亚北极地区大大放大。